§ Sir M. CONWAYasked the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether a charge of £1 is made by British Consuls in Switzerland for an endorsement on an annual visa of the passport of British residents in that country, while such an endorsement is given gratis in the case of a British subject passing through Switzerland into another country?
Mr. HARMSWORTHBritish subjects do not require a British visa to reside in Switzerland nor, according to British Regulations, is it necessary for a British subject to obtain a British visa to return to the United Kingdom. Where the Regulations of any foreign Government272W through whose territory a British subject desires to travel en route for the United Kingdom require the traveller to obtain a British endorsement to his passport before granting their transit visa, such endorsement is given gratis on application. A British subject resident in Switzerland does not therefore require an annual endorsement or visa, and there is no Regulation authorising either the grant of such a visa or endorsement to a British subject or the charge of £1 therefor.